The image shows a Disney Princess Ariel doll modeling a pair of hand-stitched, handmade shorts with an elastic waist. The shorts are made of jersey fabric with a girl-power print in the colors of white, blue, and fluorescent pink. Overlying text says, "Let's sew doll shorts!" and there's a needle and thread that connects to the letter "S" in "sew" and seems to point (with a white arrow) toward the shorts. The watermark reminds us to go to ChellyWood.com for our free printable PDF sewing patterns and tutorial videos for making these doll shorts.

Disney Princess doll shorts sewing project w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyPrincess #SewingProjects

For your free pattern, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s sewing project probably looks familiar to my regular followers. Until today, I only had a tutorial for making these shorts to fit smaller (teeny-tiny) dolls. But the same pattern will also fit a lot of 10-inch (25 cm) fashion dolls like Petite Barbie, the Disney Princess dolls, Skipper, and more, as … Continue reading Disney Princess doll shorts sewing project w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #DisneyPrincess #SewingProjects

The image shows two vintage Skipper dolls from Mattel wearing handmade skirts and tops. One of the skirts is a poodle skirt with a white sleeveless shirt. The other is a red circle skirt with eyelet trim. The dolls are the early Skippers with brown hair and bangs (fringe). Beneath the images, the watermark reminds us to go to ChellyWood.com for free doll clothes patterns and tutorials.

FREE Vintage Skipper Doll Clothes Patterns (Gallery)

If you’d like to make one of the outfits shown in this gallery, just follow these directions: Click on the photograph of the outfit you’d like to sew. This will take you to a larger image of the photo. Beneath the larger image is a link to a blog post for all the free doll clothes patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make that outfit. … Continue reading FREE Vintage Skipper Doll Clothes Patterns (Gallery)

Vintage skipper wears a light purple (lavender colored) skirt and a white felt sleeveless shirt. The watermark reminds us to visit Chelly Wood dot com for free doll clothes patterns and tutorials.

Make this outfit for your vintage Skipper dolls w/a free pattern @ ChellyWood.com #SewingPatterns #DollClothes

  Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing patterns and links to all additional relevant tutorial videos. As I’ve said in recent blog posts, today’s shirt pattern will fit vintage Skipper dolls if you use felt (which is typically quite stretchy) as your fabric. There are no seam allowances around the neck, arm holes, and at the … Continue reading Make this outfit for your vintage Skipper dolls w/a free pattern @ ChellyWood.com #SewingPatterns #DollClothes

The image shows the photo of a vintage Mattel Skipper wearing a handmade outfit, including a felt shirt and a cotton floral circle skirt. There's a sewing machine graphic on the left of the image, and it says, "Let's sew a 1950's circle skirt" followed by an exclamation point. The watermark says, "ChellyWood.com"

Let’s make a circle skirt w/eyelet trim and a felt shirt for vintage Skipper @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes for #SkipperDoll

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. Today’s circle skirt project was previewed last Thursday, but I wanted to make sure I included a full blog post offering the circle skirt with eyelet trim, specifically. For my regular followers, you’re probably already aware that the shirt pattern was … Continue reading Let’s make a circle skirt w/eyelet trim and a felt shirt for vintage Skipper @ ChellyWood.com #DollClothes for #SkipperDoll

On the right of this square image stands a Mattel Stacie doll, wearing a pink 1950's style circle skirt decorated with a black poodle applique. She wears a felt sleeveless shirt tucked into the waistband of the circle skirt. There's a sewing machine graphic on the left of the image, and it says, "Let's sew a 1950's circle skirt" followed by an exclamation point. The watermark says, "ChellyWood.com"

Free PDF sewing patterns for a 9-inch doll’s poodle skirt and top @ ChellyWood.com #Retro #Sewing

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. The Stacie-doll-sized shirt pattern I’m giving you today is one I’ve given you before, with other outfits for Stacie. We’ve used the same pattern to make a purple polka dot tank top from cotton, but this is the first time we’ve … Continue reading Free PDF sewing patterns for a 9-inch doll’s poodle skirt and top @ ChellyWood.com #Retro #Sewing

A skipper doll from the early 1970s wears handmade doll clothes that include a pink poodle skirt and a summer shirt. Her hair is pulled back with pink hair clips.

Let’s sew a circle skirt for vintage Skipper or modern Stacie dolls w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #1950s #PoodleSkirt

Please scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free printable PDF sewing pattern and links to any additional relevant tutorial videos. Today’s circle skirt tutorial shows me making both a pink poodle skirt and a red circle skirt with eyelet trim. So if you’ve navigated to this page because you want to make a poodle skirt for your 9 inch dolls, you’ve … Continue reading Let’s sew a circle skirt for vintage Skipper or modern Stacie dolls w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #1950s #PoodleSkirt

The image shows a Mattel Made-to-Move Barbie modeling handmade shorts and a white tank top. She stands in a decorative diorama with a fall harvest theme. There are autumn leaves of orange and yellow scattered around at her feet. There's a wishing well nearby and a white metal bucket. The 11.5 inch Mattel Barbie doll leans against a stack of baled hay. She wears a white tank top that has been delicately embroidered with a long row of feather stitches along the collar of the shirt. She also wears red shorts that have a tiny white polka dot pattern and a pair of red rubber boots. She appears to be out working in her garden, perhaps getting water from the well. Her black hair is done up in a pony tail. The doll is an Asian-looking Barbie doll, whose name is Miko, Kira, Dana, Becky,, or Nikki (depending on variations in the Barbie story line). The watermark on this image offers the URL ChellyWood.com, where you can find FREE printable sewing patterns to fit this Asian Made-to-Move Mattel Barbie and other similar-sized fashion dolls.

Sew shorts and a pretty sleeveless shirt for Barbie or similar-sized dolls w/ free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerClothes #MTMbarbie

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s free printable PDF sewing pattern has been used in creating a number of different styles of fashions for Barbie (and similar-sized dolls), and it goes back to the earliest days of this website. Because it’s an older pattern, it doesn’t show the seam allowance lines, but the seam … Continue reading Sew shorts and a pretty sleeveless shirt for Barbie or similar-sized dolls w/ free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerClothes #MTMbarbie

The image shows a modern African American or African fashion doll wearing a handmade wedding gown. The bodice of the dress is overlaid with off-white lace, and there's a layer of cream-covered lace over the top of the cotton skirting. The straps of the dress are also made of lacy off-white ribbon. This image represents the doll dress you can make with the free printable PDF sewing patterns found at ChellyWood.com (and incidentally, the website also offers free tutorial videos showing how to make this dress and variations of this dress).

Let’s sew a Barbie wedding dress with today’s free printable PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #BarbiePatterns #JuneWedding

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Yes, June is only one month away, so it’s time once again to talk about planning a wedding… Barbie’s wedding! But as with nearly all of my patterns, Barbie isn’t the only 11-inch doll who will fit in today’s free, printable sewing patterns. Today’s patterns will fit these dolls: … Continue reading Let’s sew a Barbie wedding dress with today’s free printable PDF sewing patterns @ ChellyWood.com #BarbiePatterns #JuneWedding

If you'd like to make this retro Barbie bikini with "booty shorts" style swimsuit bottoms, please click on the link in the caption. This image shows a Made-to-Move Barbie wearing a Marilyn Monroe-style 1950s or early 1960s swimsuit / bikini with a halter style swimsuit top and booty-shorts-style swimsuit bottoms. The doll stands on sandy ground, surrounded by 1:6 scale wicker lawn furniture with a sun swept bay behind her. There's a cottage behind her on a grassy slope that leads to the beach. The watermark reminds us to visit ChellyWood.com for free printable PDF sewing patterns.

Sew a 1960’s bikini swimsuit for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerFun #DollClothesPatterns

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Today’s sewing project is an adorable retro-style bikini swimsuit which will fit most 11 inch or 11 and a half inch fashion dolls. This project uses the same pattern as last week’s capri pants, but this time we’re going to make the swimsuit top and “booty” shorts. If you … Continue reading Sew a 1960’s bikini swimsuit for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #SummerFun #DollClothesPatterns

The image shows a Made-to-Move Barbie dressed like Audrey Hepburn from the early 1960's. She wears a black turtleneck with black capri pants and black plastic flats. She's seated on a tiny 1:6 scale folding chair. One arm is slung over the back of the chair, and the other arm is extended for balance. She is lifting one of her feet high into the air in front of her, while the other leg is bent with her toes just resting on a concrete floor. The wall behind her is white, creating a sharp contrast to the black clothing and silver chair. If you'd like to make this outfit, click on the link provided in the caption. You'll be taken to a page where you'll be able to download and print all the free PDF sewing patterns and watch all the free tutorial videos you'll need to make this outfit.

Let’s make capris and a turtle neck for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #FreePatterns for #BarbieDollClothes

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. Yes, this is a revision of an older blog post, but in addition to converting the patterns from JPG images to PDF downloadable patterns, I wanted to update the video tutorial for the capri pants too. This has been on my to-do list for a while. You may notice … Continue reading Let’s make capris and a turtle neck for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #FreePatterns for #BarbieDollClothes

Here we see an image of a Made-to-Move Barbie dressed all in black and seated on a folding chair. She poses like an acrobat. The overlay states, "Audrey Hepburn 1960's Pants Project" and there's an image of a pants sewing pattern visible at the side of the doll (sort of superimposed on the background of turquoise blue fabric). At the bottom of the image, we see the logo for ChellyWood.com, a website that offers hundreds of free printable doll clothes patterns.

Sew a pair of Audrey Hepburn 1960’s pants for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #AudreyHepburn #BarbieStyle

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. In all honesty, this is a revision of an older tutorial, not something brand new to my website or YouTube channel. In my sewing room, I keep a to-do list, and revising this tutorial has been on my to-do list for about 9 months now. The older version was … Continue reading Sew a pair of Audrey Hepburn 1960’s pants for Barbie with today’s free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #AudreyHepburn #BarbieStyle

Sew a raglan-sleeve T-shirt and stretchy-fabric pencil skirt for Barbie w/today’s free doll clothes patterns @ ChellyWood.com #CasualStyle #BarbieClothes

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. This week I’m giving you the free printable PDF sewing patterns for making the “business casual” style outfit shown at the top of this blog post. Granted, these patterns have been available before, but only as a JPG image file. Now they will be easy to find in PDF … Continue reading Sew a raglan-sleeve T-shirt and stretchy-fabric pencil skirt for Barbie w/today’s free doll clothes patterns @ ChellyWood.com #CasualStyle #BarbieClothes

The image shows Mattel's Curvy Barbie modeling a hand-made shirt with cloth-covered tiny buttons. Each button is encompassed by a floss loop, all hand-made by the seamstress who blogs here, at ChellyWood.com.

What can you do with mismatched miniature buttons? Try this trick…

Today I’m sharing an older tutorial for making a Curvy Barbie crop top with embroidery floss fringe. Back when I made this video, I used to film on the kitchen table, so you can actually hear my kids and husband in the background. (Sorry about the noise…) But there’s a gem at the end of this tutorial… I show you how to take a pile … Continue reading What can you do with mismatched miniature buttons? Try this trick…

The image shows a Curvy Barbie walking in a garden. She wears handmade high-waisted shorts and a handmade crop top. The purple floral cotton fabric of her shirt and shorts contrasts against the green background of the garden. The overlay reminds you to visit ChellyWood.com for your free printable PDF sewing patterns for making this adorable summer outfit for Curvy Barbie dolls and similar sized dolls.

Sew a pretty summer outfit for Curvy Barbie w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Curvy #DollClothes

For your free patterns and tutorial videos, please scroll down to the second set of bullets. I’ve had these patterns available in JPG form on this website since 2014, but it’s time to switch these popular patterns to a PDF format for easier download. *You need to be aware that the list of dolls who “fit” these doll clothes patterns isn’t exactly right. Curvy Barbie … Continue reading Sew a pretty summer outfit for Curvy Barbie w/free patterns @ ChellyWood.com #Curvy #DollClothes

The image shows a fashion doll holding a handmade purse. The purse is made of cotton fabric with a simple ribbon as its purse strap. The overlay says, "easy doll purse D I Y project." Would you like to make this super simple purse for your fashion dolls? It fits lots of dolls in sizes ranging from eight inches tall to 12 inches tall (20 centimeters to 30 and a half centimeters tall). Click on the link in the caption if you'd like to watch the video that shows you how to make this super easy doll's purse for beginners.

Sew an easy tiny doll purse — no pattern needed! Tutorial @ ChellyWood.com #Miniatures #AprilFoolsDay

I made this purse in February, but I never got this video posted in time to accompany my other Valentine’s Day doll clothes projects. So I decided to have fun with the creation of this video by adding the purse to dolls wearing clothing from various holidays. Can you name all the holidays featured in this video? Feel free to add your guesses in the … Continue reading Sew an easy tiny doll purse — no pattern needed! Tutorial @ ChellyWood.com #Miniatures #AprilFoolsDay